The allegations surrounding Prince Andrew and his purported sexual encounters with an American teenager have taken another twist following the publication of what is claimed to be the young woman’s diary.

A US website has printed details of what it says are 24 hand-written pages belonging to a diary of Virginia Roberts, the American woman who has claimed in court documents that she was a” teenage sex slave” of New York financier, Jeffrey Epstein. Ms Roberts has claimed that when she was 17, Epstein forced her to have sex with various friends of his, including Prince Andrew.